Friday's parting video clip

Several East Village school children make their way along St. Mark's Place to join thousands of other protesters as part of the Global Climate Strike today.

New York City Public Schools granted its 1.1 million students permission to skip school to join the march, which began at Foley Square and then proceeded to Battery Park.

Video by Vinny & O.

East Village students taking part in tomorrow's National Youth Climate Strike

The National Youth Climate Strike takes place tomorrow (background at this link) ... and we've heard from a parent and school administrator that students from the East Village — Little Missionary's Day Nursery, Sara Curry Day School and the Earth School (and maybe others) — will be in Tompkins Square Park tomorrow morning from 8:45-9:30 to voice their support in the national conversation around climate change.

As Gothamist recently reported, more and more NYC students are coming together to press lawmakers to put an end to climate change.